ADVANCED COMPARISONS

ADVANCED COMPARISONS

1. BIG DIFFERENCE (SUP)

   • much more/-er than a lot more/-er than far more/-er than
     • Apple Inc. is far more profitable than it is used to be
   • by far the most/-est. the most/-est by far far and away the most/-est
     • No other search engine is anything like as popular as a Google

2. BIG DIFFERENCE (INF)

   • not nearly as ... as not anything/nothing like as .... as not anywhere/nowhere near as ... as
     • Apple Inc. didn't use to be anything like as profitable as it is now.

3. SMALL DIFFERENCE (SUP)

   • a bit/a little more/-er than Slightly more/-er than Just about more/-er than
     • The storm damage wasn't quite as bad as we had expected
   • Just about
     • Google is by far the most widely used search engine on the Internet

4. SMALL DIFFERENCE (INF)

   • not quite so/as...as not altogether so/as...as
     • We had expected the damage to be slightly worse than it actually was